Ok, we've had regional food that you both "get" and "don't get"... What about regional food terms?
For example, in New England we have:
Those three really threw me for a loop when I first moved to the Boston area from the mid-Atlantic.
First time I went to a local ice-cream place... the attendant had made my ice cream cone and asked "Do you want jimmies?". I'm thinking "why would I want Jimmy's ice cream?" so I thought the question was a bit weird but politely said "no thanks, but can you put chocolate sprinkles on please?" to which I received a snarky reply of "then why did you say 'no' to jimmies???".
I left that transaction very confused...
For example, in New England we have:
- Grinders are subs. Subway sandwich shop would do much better in New England if they renamed it "grinders".
- Bulkies are sandwiches on a big hamburger roll type thing
- Jimmies are the chocolate sprinkles you put on ice cream
- Frappes are what the rest of the known universe calls a milkshake.
Those three really threw me for a loop when I first moved to the Boston area from the mid-Atlantic.
First time I went to a local ice-cream place... the attendant had made my ice cream cone and asked "Do you want jimmies?". I'm thinking "why would I want Jimmy's ice cream?" so I thought the question was a bit weird but politely said "no thanks, but can you put chocolate sprinkles on please?" to which I received a snarky reply of "then why did you say 'no' to jimmies???".
I left that transaction very confused...